Re:Motivational Incongruence and Well-Being at the Workplace
by niels_olson on Sunday August 14, 2016 @11:01PM
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> work was ... more inspiring
work which is important but not urgent is inspiring. The more complex the society, the more opportunity for such work. Read history: it wasn't that long ago that most of Europe envied those who could afford mud huts.
But you could also argue that the modern world is creating unfulfilling work. Not only the "bullshit jobs" (see [1]), but also highly repetitive work.
In ancient/prehistoric times, work was more diverse (and perhaps hence more inspiring) for a lot of people, I suppose.
[1] http://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/